Friendship Across Faiths: The Pope and the Rabbi
Reaching out to people of other religions can be both challenging and enriching for individuals and is the only hope for true peace in the world, said a variety of religious leaders, including Pope...
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Only Love “In Here” Can Spot Love “Over There”
Fr John Allen Green OFM – John Duns Scotus (c. 1266-1308) was a Franciscan philosopher and theologian who in many ways paralleled Bonaventure’s ideas. Duns Scotus helped develop the doctrine of the univocity of being....
Focus on the Father
The arrival of Father’s Day in contemporary society raises what can be a challenging issue for passing on the faith from one generation to the next. When a third of millennials don’t affiliate with...
Vatican Releases Online Questionnaire for Youth
To involve young people in preparations for the Synod of Bishops on youth in 2018, the Vatican has released an online questionnaire to better understand the lives, attitudes and concerns of 16- to 29-year-olds...
Archbishop to Become Lithuania’s First Beatified Soviet-Era Martyr
A Lithuanian archbishop who was murdered with a lethal injection after 16 years in prisons and labour camps was to become the first Catholic martyr from the country’s communist era to be declared blessed....
Theologians: Did Luther Split needed to be a ‘Church-Dividing’ Event?
Did the split between Martin Luther and the Catholic Church in 1521 have to be what theologians call a “church-dividing” event? That is the question some theologians and historians are asking in 2017, the...
Was the Catholic Church Partly to Blame for the Reformation?
Swiss Cardinal Kurt Koch, renowned for his ecumenical efforts, addressed a Washington gathering of Catholic and Lutheran leaders striving for unity. Cardinal Koch’s speech took place at “The 500th Anniversary of Martin Luther’s Posting...
Hypocrisy Kills the Christian Community
The diabolical language of hypocrisy, which ensnares others through flattery, has the power to destroy Christian communities, Pope Francis said. Like the Pharisees who spoke to Jesus with soothing words of adulation, Christians who...
Stations of the Resurrection: Station 14
Via Lucis – The Way of Light, station 14 – Pentecost – the Holy Spirit comes upon the apostles and Mary in the upper room. This ends our stations of the resurrection series –...
Stations of the Resurrection: Station 13
The Via Lucis – Way of Light – Thirteenth station – The Apostles and Mary return from the ascension to Jerusalem to the upper room and devote themselves to prayer for the spirit. THIRTEENTH...
Stations of the Resurrection: Station 12
TWELFTH STATION The Risen Lord Ascends into Heaven All: We adore You, O Christ and we praise You! Because by the Wood of the Cross and the Light of the Resurrection, You have redeemed...
Pope: Sowing Bitterness – If you do this you aren’t Christian
Christians are called to be “sowers of hope,” consoling and defending the poor and anyone in need, Pope Francis said. As Christians prepared to celebrate Pentecost June 4, Pope Francis used his weekly...
